Sjögren’s disease incidence is greater in Alaska Native and American Indian populations in Alaska than in the general ...
Sickle cell disease is not contagious but rather inherited when both parents pass on the “S” gene. If two carriers (AS and AS ...
People affected by Huntington’s disease could at last benefit from the first treatment to slow the fatal neurodegenerative condition. Scientists from University College London (UCL) found patients ...
CDC warns that a parasitic illness called Chagas disease is now endemic — or always present — in several states. Biting insects called kissing bugs have been identified in 32 states, predominantly in ...
A gene therapy injected into patients’ brains slowed progression of the disease by 75 percent, preliminary findings reported. By Dana G. Smith Preliminary results from a small clinical trial to treat ...
Nephrotic syndrome is a clinical entity defined by heavy proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, hyperlipidemia, and edema, stemming from various glomerular diseases. Diagnosis requires a comprehensive ...
Kentucky's most common deer is experiencing a disease outbreak, prompting a warning from the state.The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources posted Thursday that there is an outbreak of ...
In a new study published in Nature Communications, researchers from the Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome (Crnic Institute) at the University of Colorado Anschutz discovered important ...
The parasitic kissing bug disease is not new, but it has become increasingly common to the point of being endemic in the U.S. Because of this, the insect-borne illness has been a point of interest for ...
A new medical trial showed promising results as scientists seek a breakthrough to treat Huntington's disease, according to research team based in the United Kingdom. The clinical drug trial by ...
UCL and uniQure report the first treatment to slow Huntington’s disease with gene therapy AMT-130. High-dose patients had 75% less progression over three years compared with standard care. uniQure ...